Friday, March 20, 2009

I finally received my review copy of Bolt (the day before its released, no less). I am very excited about this release. It is the first movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios that John Lasseter worked extensively on. This is one reason why I believe the movie was so great, but also was so similar to Toy Story (read my full review of Bolthere).

Anyways, the Blu-ray is really great. It is a 3-disc set of two Blu-rays featuring the film and its features and a digital copy of the film, which are paired with a normal DVD which only has the movie on it. This is in line with Disney's newest generous gift (however selfish it may seem to be when you think about it) of offering a DVD of each film coupled with its Blu-ray release in an effort to boost the more expensive disc format's sales.

First off, let me say that the quality, as usual with Blu-ray, is stunning. The picture and sound quality truly blew me away. Now on to the exciting features!

The best feature, in my opinion, is the new short Super Rhino, featuring, yep, you guessed it: Rhino the Hamster! It is a very good short; although I am not surprised due to Lasseter's apparent brilliancy with past animated shorts...

Other features include deleted scenes, several different perspectives of the making of the movie, a music video, games, an art gallery, and more!

Other formats of Bolt being offered are: a 2-disc edition with most of the features mentioned above, although some of the last ones listed are Blu-ray only, and a single-disc DVD release featuring a couple of special features (including Super Rhino!!)

Well, now that you are all excited to get the new Bolt Blu-ray, I am going to give you a chance to get it right now!!

To win a copy of the 3-disc Bolt Blu-ray being released tomorrow on March 22, just leave a comment below on or before March 26. You can comment about Bolt, John Lasseter, Walt Disney, or your favorite type of lasagna. Any comment will do, but please only enter once. (In order to comment you must register with Blogger so that I can have your e-mail information in order to contact you if you are the winner!)

Estimated prize value=$39.99. No purchase necessary to enter. Legal residents of the 50 United States may enter. Entrants under age 18 must have a parent or legal guardian's permission to enter. Limit one online entry per person or email address per day per internet location. Contest Sponsors and their dependants are not eligible to win. Winners will be drawn at random and mailed their prize. If I do not get a reply from said winner within 24 hours of my contacting them, I will select another winner.

Our family really enjoyed Bolt when we saw it in the theater. With four kids, ranging in age from 4 months to 11 years - we are no stranger to Disney! In fact, we are HUGE Disney fans! I have Disney memorabilia everywhere and one of the items on my "life list" is to dine in the exclusive Club 33 over in Disneyland. (Crossing my fingers on that one!) Thanks for the great contest and good luck to all who enter!

My entire family really enjoyed "Bolt" in the theater, and the kids insist that we MUST own htis one. I agree! We are big Disney fans, and I'm taking them to Disneyland for Spring Break. (We live less than an hour away, so it's reasonable to do this.)

If there were one person that ever lived I would want to have dinner with it would be Walt Disney. I am a huge Disney Nut, and I think his ability to capture magic and childhood was and remains amazing!! Thanks for the Chance.

Back when my parents were first married and my oldest sister was just a baby they went to southern california on a vacation (late honeymoon). There they went to Disneyland which was not much at that time. My Dad actually talked to Walt Disney on that vacation, just a short conversation but one he never forgot and he became a loving Disney fan/collector. It is something that I remember well from my youth.

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